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Initiated by German President Christian Wulff, the BürgerForum (CitizensForum) 2011 was designed to get German citizens from all over the country involved in identifying the most important challenges currently facing German society. The forum is a multi-layered process using multiple forms of discussion and deliberation on different levels of government...

In 2012, the Environmental Agency of the city of Dortmund started an online project targeting the expansion of its city noise map which is the base for action plans targeting noise reduction as requested by several policies and laws for environmental protection. Citizens were able to report noise problems as...

Note: the following entry needs assistance with content updating and editing. Please help us complete it. Problem and Purpose The Dresdner Debatte (Dresden debate) was introduced as a new forum for an open public dialog between citizens, politicians and urban planners, dealing with present or controversial aspects on urban development...

Note: the following entry needs assistance with content updating and editing. Please help us complete it. Problems and Purpose Solingen (160.000 inhabitants) was faced with an inescapable need to cut its public budget by €45,000,000. Without any changes the city would have used up its equity in 2013 and would...